French Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet, circa 1890

A fine quality late 19th century French Kingwood, marble topped Louis XVI style vitrine, having wonderfully fine gilded ormolu classical mounts, a single glazed door opening to revea...

A very good quality pair of late 19th century French mahogany bow fronted display cabinets, each with a gallery to the top, gilded ormolu foliate and molded mounts, central doors with a glass shelf within, a frieze drawer above a shelf beneath with a paneled back and raised on elegant cabriole legs. Signed; Paul Sormani (1817-1877), one the most important cabinetmakers of the 19th century, was born in Venice. Having trained as a cabinetmaker, he moved to Paris where he opened his first shop in 1847 specializing in furniture made in the Louis XV and Louis XVI style. When she decorated her palace, Empress Eugenie, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, who was particularly fond of furniture in the 18th century styles, engaged Sormani to create spectacular pieces to compliment her period examples. Sormani was able to meet the Empress’s high standards with the excellent quality of the cabinet work, bronze mounts, use of lacquer and unusual marbles. Sormani’s firm was a maker of fine “meubles de luxe”, (deluxe furniture) whose work was described in the 1867 Exposition Universelle catalogue as “toute sa production revele une qualite d’execution de tout premier ordre”. He received a medal of premiere classe at the Exposition Universelle of 1855, followed by another medal at the 1862 exposition in London The workshop also made eclectic furniture...

Dimensions- H: 66 3/4in W: 38in D: 13 3/4in This Antique Distressed French Louis XVI Style Curio Cabinet, China Cabinet is made of the highest...

20th century magnificent French Louis XVI style display cabinet Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round surface-covering mirror veneer on wood. Upright rectangular and rounded, glazed on thre...